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éclair; eclair

3

borrowing

2

to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)

1

feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke

1

helmet; hard hat; protective headgear

1

ice water; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

3

water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap

5

to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply

3

streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means

1

to fall asleep

1

drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)

1

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

4

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

1

overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)

1

useless; deadhead

1

damn kids; brats

7

bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie

2

one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line

1

hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

2

constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign

4

poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic

1

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

1

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

1

polar

1

Orion; Orion (nebula)

6

melody; tune

3

Orion (constellation); the Hunter

3

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

4

light-year

2

North Pole; the Arctic

1

Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

1

tens of thousands of years

2

strong interaction; strong force

3

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

2

to understand each other

8

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

1

hard to get; hard to come by

1

10,000; ten thousand; 10^4

1

long sleeves

2

green; wet behind the ears; immature; (lit.) smelling of milk

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

2

runaway child; youngster who has run away from home

2

eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look

1

to pout

6

as if nothing had happened

1

unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1